Effects of Combination Lipid Therapy in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
Henry N. Ginsberg,
Marshall B. Elam,
Laura Lovato,
John R. Crouse,
Lawrence A. Leiter,
Peter E. Linz,
William T. Friedewald,
John B. Buse,
Hertzel C. Gerstein,
Jeffrey L. Probstfield,
Richard H. Grimm,
Faramarz Ismail-Beigi,
J. Thomas Bigger,
David C. Goff,
William C. Cushman,
Denise G. SimonsMorton,
Robert P. Byington
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1001282
Subject(s) - medicine , fenofibrate , hazard ratio , simvastatin , fibrate , diabetes mellitus , placebo , myocardial infarction , type 2 diabetes mellitus , statin , type 2 diabetes , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , alternative medicine , pathology , engineering
We investigated whether combination therapy with a statin plus a fibrate, as compared with statin monotherapy, would reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus who were at high risk for cardiovascular disease.
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